Foot rest



Get. 31, 1933.

S. M. CHlLD FOOT REST Filed May 26 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR smxwomM. CHILD ATTORNEYS Oct. 31, 1933. s. M. CHILD 1,933,096

FOOT REST Filed May 26, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR STANTON M. CHILDBY Q fW W 64A ATTORN EYS other suitable strong material. offset slightlyoutward from the center of the iatented Oct. 31, 1933 UNITED STATES FOOTREST Stanton M. Child, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application May 26, 1930. Serial No. 455,688

2 Claims.

This invention relates to foot rests of the type employed upon chairssuch as are used by telephoneoperators or the like. Important objects ofthe invention are, to provide an improved foot rest of this type and toprovide improved for mounting the foot rest upon a chair.

In the drawings, 1 is a side view of a chair equipped with my improvedfoot rest;

Fig. 2 a section taken on the line 2-2 Fig. 1, upon a much larger scale;

Fig. 3 a side view of the lower portion of the chair and the attachedfoot rest;

Fig. 4 a section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3, upon a larger scale;

Fig. 5 an enlarged detail section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 an enlarged detail section taken on the line 6-5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. '7 a detail plan view of a portion of the reinforcing ring with ananchor plate attached thereto;

Fig. 8 a sectional view showing a modified form of my foot rest;

Fig. 9 a section taken on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8; and r Fig. a sectiontaken on the line 10-10 of Fig. 8.

My improved foot rest is shown as applied to a chair 1 having fourtubular metal legs 2 which curve outwardly and then downwardly to feet 3attached thereto. Just above the feet, the legs are reinforced byarcuate tubular braces 4. At substantially the point where the legsbegin to curve downwardly the foot rest is mounted. It comprises acircular ring 5 formed of hard rubber molded into shape. Other suitablematerial may beemployed, however. In cross section the ring is, for mostof its length, of the form shown in Fig. 5, having fiat upper and lowerfaces, straight sides and rounded corners. At four points equally spacedaround its circumference the ring is formed at its under face with transverse enlargements each forming an oblique uner face 6 and a curvedconcave seat 7 in said face to receive and substantially fit a leg ofthe chair at the point above mentioned.

The material of the ring 5 is molded around a slender reinforcing ring 8made of steel or The ring 8 is cross section of ring 5 and at pointsadjacent the seat 7 of the latter, it has steel anchor plates 9 securedto its under side. Ring 8 is rectangu lar in cross section and eachplate 9 is rectangular in plan, or substantially so, and along one ofward and is bent upward to lie in a plane parallel to the adjacentoblique face 6 of the'outer ring. The latter is formed in each faceGwith .two screw holes 10 located at opposite sides of the seat 7 andregistering with two threaded apertures 11 formed in the plate 9.

Clips 12 are provided for attaching the foot rest to the chair. Eachclip comprises a metal strip bent to form a concave seat 13 to fitaround the inner side of a chair leg, and provided'with outwardlyextending ears 14 at opposite sides of the seat. Screw holes are formedin said ears and are adapted to register with the screw holes 10 in theopposed face 6 of the foot rest. Through said registering holes headedscrews 15 are passed and screwed into the threaded apertures 11 of theanchoring and reinforcing plate 9. Thereby the foot rest is clampedfirmly in place, with each leg of the chair embraced by one of the clipsand by an opposed seat '7 of the ring 5, and the exposed surfaces of thering with which the feet come in contact are left entirely smooth. Thestrong metal clips are securely anchored to the metal reinforcing meanswithin the ring and combine with said means to strengthen both the chairlegs and the ring at the points of attachment of the latter. The plates9 form part of the reinforcing means for the ring in addition to servingas anchorages for the clip screws 15. They are located at substantiallythe center of the cross section, of the ring for strong anchorages. Thehard, molded rubber of the ring 5 strongly resists abrasion. Furthermoresuch abrasion as does occur will not cause a discoloration of the ringat the. spots engaged by the feet. 'By reason of its moldable characterthe material maybe given a de- 5 sired color which will extendthroughout the en- 9 tire thickness of the ring. Then, abrasion cannotremove the color and mar the appearance of the ring. The rubber ring canalso be washed or scrubbed repeatedly without destroying its color orfinish.

In Figs. 8 to 10 inclusive the foot rest ring and its mounting are shownas modified for attachment to a chair having a low wood base formed withoutwardly flaring feet,-one of which is shown V, at 16. Each foot has afiat upper face 17 upon which the ring 5 is mounted. The mounting forthe ring at each foot includes a flat steel plate 18 of rectangular formwhich is formed with a square central bolt hole 19 and two countersunkscrew. holes 20 near its opposite ends. A headed bolt 21 passes throughthe square aperture 19 and has a squared portion 22 to prevent it fromturning in said aperture. The plate is disposed against the flat underface of the ring and the latter is formed with a concavity 23 providingclearance for the head of bolt 21. Two screws 24 hold the plate to thering. They are passed upwardly through the plate apertures 20, throughapertures 10 in the body of the ring and are screwed into threadedapertures 11 formed in the anchoring and reinforcing plate 9 which isdisposed against the under side of the reinforcing ring 8 The heads ofscrews 24 are countersunk in the under face of the plate and the latterseats upon the flat face 17 of the chair foot The foot is formed with avertical bore 25 through which the shank of bolt 21 extends. A nut 26 isscrewed upon the lower end of the bolt shank and together with a washer27 is seated within a recessv 28 at the under sideof the chair foot. Thebolt and nut firmly clamp the plate 18 upon the foot and the ring 5 issecurely anchored to the plate by the under side registering with saidthreaded apertures; clips embracing members of the chair supportingstructure; and fastening screws extending through said registeringapertures, screwed into said threaded apertures and holding the clipsand the ring to the chair supporting structure.

2. In a chair, a foot rest ring extending around the supportingstructure of the chair and comprising an annular body of hard,non-metallic moldable material, and reinforcing means rigidly embeddedin said annular body and extending around through it and comprising ametal ring and metal plates spaced around said last mentioned metal ringand extending laterally therefrom, each of said plates having a pair ofthreaded apertures spaced apart circumferentially of the reinforcingring, the non-metallic material of the annular body being moldedentirely around the reinforcing ring and said plates and havingapertures opening through the under side of the annular body andregistering with said threaded apertures in the plates; and securingdevices for the foot rest spaced around the chair-supporting structureand detachably fastened thereto and each having a pair of screwsextending through said registering apertures and screwed into theapertures in said plates to detachably hold the foot rest in place,thethreaded ends of said screws terminating within the foot rest, and saidmolded material covering both the reinforcing means and said screw endsto prevent engagement of the feet therewith.

STANTON M. CHILD.

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